They began to listen to old Aragog babbling about the days they had spent with Hagrid many years ago...... The big, old and blind spider, perhaps the first time he'd seen a stranger other than Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest, seemed to be very talkative—from the time it was an egg, and in a long, low tone, it talked about the time Hagrid took him on a blind date.

“…… Thanks to Hagrid, look at how prosperous our family is, thanks to Hagrid. It's a pity that my dearest child is not here at this time, otherwise I would have let you see it—it looks like me. ”

………… The spider in front of Brandy moved its legs uneasily, and it looked like it wanted to say something, but its dad seemed interested.

"That...... Aragog. ”

Brandi really couldn't stay here any longer, not only because the spiders around them were still trying to get closer to them, but also because every minute they had now was precious. Neville's life and death are still uncertain, and he has the heart to chat with an old spider.

"I think we need to go, and we're going to get to the chamber, Hagrid might not be dead yet!" We have to save him! ”

Aragog fell silent, and it seemed that it didn't look like it was letting them out of here. But—

"Please! That's Hagrid! Our friends! Brandi shouted, a look of pain and pleading on his face. It looks seamless and perfect! He never realized that he had a knack for making up nonsense...... Even Padma tilted her head, wondering if something was wrong with her own memory.

There was a brief silence.

"Yes, that's Hagrid." Aragog struggled inwardly for a moment, and finally said slowly. "I shouldn't have stopped you from saving my friend... It's a shame ... If you make it back alive, would you like to come to me? I'll thank you very much. ”

Thank us with your claws and venom, right......

Brandi's heart was running wildly, and compared to the rescue in the secret room, Aragog clearly still had a strong interest in himself and Padma's nutrients. But of course, he didn't dare to show the slightest panic and resistance on his face...... So he tried to put on a 'fresh and natural' smile.

"It's an honor, Aragog."

…… Aragog had already taken a stand, and of course his children would not dare to disobey their father. Brandi and Padma were delighted to find that the spiders were reluctantly retreating to both sides, making way for them. They glanced at each other.

"Then we'll come back to see you, Aragog." Brandi pretended to beckon to the large spider under the hollow, then glanced at Padma, and the two men hurriedly turned around and walked over to the outside of the spider's encirclement. In order to make themselves appear more calm, they did not walk very quickly...... Fifty steps, twenty steps......

I'm about to go out!

"Aragog ......" A faint voice came from behind them, Brandi's heart was shocked, and he turned back in a panic - the big spider that had just stopped in front of him was lying next to Aragog at this time, secretly saying something, saying that it was sneaking, but in fact, these stupid spiders would not control their volume at all. Even in the midst of the clattering noise around him, Brandi could hear what the guy was saying intermittently.

“…… Your child...... The most beloved child...... Killed...... That human ......"

！！！

Brandi shuddered, and he carefully patted Padma, who was still walking forward, and they were already on the edge of the encirclement, and two tall spiders were staring at them—with a few face-hugging spiders lying on their backs.

"Get ready, I'll ...... in a moment," he whispered in Padma's ear, then quietly tucked his wand head-down into his sleeve, summoning the magic in his body. The syllables were softly pronounced in his mouth. "Ultra-"

His wide sleeves suddenly bulged, like a high-powered blower was blowing out of his sleeve. A faint blue light flickered in it, faintly, and the dirt beneath Brandy's feet seemed to glow with a layer of hoarfrost.

They took two more steps forward—

"Wait a minute."

Behind him came Aragog's slow voice. "I suddenly changed my mind, Hagrid's friends."

Brandi and Padma stopped, and they turned.

"It seems that there was some unpleasantness with my sons and daughters on your way here?" It grinded its claws slowly, eight eyes pointing in Brandi's direction. "We can probably sit down and have a good conversation."

"We're using spells that aren't deadly, Aragog."

It wasn't Brandi who spoke, Padma stood up bravely at this moment. In other words, she didn't seem to have a little fear from the beginning. "It only takes half an hour for them to return to normal."

"No...... I don't care about that. Aragog took a few more steps, and his tone seemed even more ferocious than before. I just want to know, how did Agvath die. It was my most beloved child, and today was its first hunt, and it was supposed to offer its father the most delicious prey! ”

"Agvas......" Padma squinted expressionlessly, expressing a certain degree of disdain for the strange name. If you mean a face-hugging spider the size of a basin and a reckless personality, then we can only express regret. Ten minutes ago, your kid with the iron head launched a suicide attack on the wizard's protective charm...... There's nothing we can do about it......"

Brandi, who was listening to Padma next to him, barely took a breath, and almost interrupted half of his incantation.

"Ridiculous!"

Aragog roared angrily, his legs moving furiously back and forth, trampling to death many of his offspring who did not know the number of litters under his feet, and it was evident that the so-called most beloved child was more or less a little more prominent. "It greeted its friends from afar with enthusiasm, but was brutally murdered by the two of you—out of respect for Hagrid, I restrained my children from attacking any human. But now! My brother's murderer is standing in front of my children, and I can't stop them from enjoying themselves. Farewell, Hagrid's friend......"

It slowly stepped back, as if it had seen the two humans being eaten separately. But with the cold air that spread over there, it suddenly froze.

"The North Wind is calling!" As the spiders pounced excitedly, Brandi's long-brewing spell erupted at the same moment. Unlike the blurry ice mist in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, this time it was much more intuitive and violent—arm-thick blue light shot out from the sleeve of his coat and hit the ground, with a soft sneering sound, a burst of blue light suddenly rose from the ground!

The uneven ground was instantly frozen into a frost-covered iron plate by the extremely low temperature, and the water vapor in the air was rapidly transforming into an extremely cold mist, and an ice-blue ring centered on Brandi and Padma quickly spread to a distance of fifty yards...... After the ice ring, on the cold wasteland, there were only two originators with frozen faces, and more than a dozen spider ice sculptures of different shapes that wanted to be devoured.

This small area, at the moment when spring has not yet ended, has suffered a more terrible winter than usual.

"Divided!" At the same moment, as if rehearsed, Padma pointed her wand at the last obstacle behind them, and with two crisp cracking sounds, the two ice statues behind them shattered into a hill of ice as if they had been hit by a hammer.

The two men rushed out like arrows and plunged headlong into the dark jungle.

"No !!!"

Behind them, the hoarse roar of old Aragog was heard. "My children - find, then, kill them!"

The gray-white web that wriggled beneath his feet suddenly moved, and in an instant, it churned like boiling water—a tide of thousands of spiders, large and small, bypassing the ice that Brandy had just created, and rushing in the direction of Brandi's escape.

…………

"Show me the way." Brandi whispered, his wand turning in the palm of his hand. "Quick, this way."

The two men hurriedly turned around and ran towards the two big trees on the right.

This was the third time they had changed lanes, and they thought that by eliminating those giant spiders, they would have a chance to escape from the Forbidden Forest, and those fist-sized guys were no threat at all. But the result surprised them, and now it was those inconspicuous little things that forced them to flee everywhere - their numbers were so large that even if they were scattered out a lot, the dense number would make Brandy's scalp tingle. They weren't much slower than they were, and they had a natural advantage in the dense forests where it was difficult to walk, and if the little spiders found out where Brandi was, it wouldn't be long before countless face-hugging spiders the size of pots and lids would track them over their heads.

So even though they were already trying to flee in the direction of the castle...... But the distance was not significantly shortened, but was forced more remote by these insidious guys.

They rushed out of the woods to a small clearing, and Padma slowed down and leaned against a large bluestone. Breathing heavily. "If I run down, I'll probably lose the ability to chant spells. We can't run away anymore, Brandy, you go first, I can stop them. ”

"What are you kidding...... Brandi's eyes widened. If you want to go, you will go first, so what kind of soul is Dan Guevas, you didn't kill it, and you should find me if you have a debtor! Besides, I have more magic than you, and I could have stayed here and waited for help. ”

"Do you think I can walk away without you......" she expressed her doubts in a declarative tone, and Brandi's tone froze.

Just as they were persuading each other, starting from behind them, the milky white ground under the moonlight slowly dyed gray like white paper soaked in paint—the spider army had arrived! Countless little spiders crawled all over Brandi's eyes, and the face-hugging spiders hung high on the branches...... In the distance, they saw the dark shadow of a giant spider again.

"Okay...... There's no need to make any noise now. Brandi held his wand and looked at the solid, towering wall of bronze in front of him, and countless eyes sparkled on his ugly black head. I wish Professor McGonagall had a habit of waking up early and exercising in the morning, but I really don't know how long the Fire Charm will last. ”

They were back to back, struggling to fight to the death, but in the distance, a high-pitched, long voice suddenly remembered, and a dazzling white light illuminated the clearing.

The light seemed to have some kind of special magic, and Brandi and the others only felt the warmth of their bodies. But the spiders in front of them were different—the big ones were starting to get agitated, and the little spiders were already starting to retreat incessantly, trying to escape back into the dark woods. A beautiful creature emerged from the cracks in the trees, a body as holy as moonlight, silver-white hair, and a hideous scar on its slender neck that could not be completely erased.

Brandi was stunned, and he suddenly shouted in surprise.

"It's Yoyo!"